Footnotes & Sources - Tablets vs. Textbooks

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Footnotes & Sources

The background and pro and con arguments were written by ProCon.org staff based upon input from the following footnotes (directly referenced) and sources (used for general research and not directly referenced):

Footnotes:

C. Claiborne Ray, "The Weight of Memory," nytimes.com, Oct. 24, 2011
Associated Press, "Cell Phone Theft on the Rise," wowt.com, Oct. 21, 2012
Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris, "How Green Is My iPad?," nytimes.com, Apr. 4, 2010
Janet Maragioglio, "iPads Boost Math Scores, Benefit Education," mobiledia.com, Jan. 31, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Dallas, "Overloaded Backpacks Can Injure Kids: Experts," nlm.nih.gov, Aug. 26, 2012
Federal Communications Commission, "Digital Textbook Playbook," (2.55 MB) www.fcc.gov, Feb. 1, 2012
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), "National PBS Survey Finds Teachers Want More Access to Classroom Tech," www.pbs.org, Jan. 23, 2012
Emily Price, "How Much Storage Does Your Tablet Need?," www.tecca.com, Mar. 3, 2012
Electronista, "Digital Textbooks May Save Schools $250 Per Student Per Year," electronista.com, Mar. 30, 2012
Mikael Ricknas, "Average Tablet Price Drops to $386, Says IMS Research,” www.computerworld.com, June 8, 2012
Patrick Thibodeau, "Tablet Sales to Soar as Prices Drop Through 2015, Says Gartner,” www.computerworld.com, Mar. 30, 2011
Thomas Adams, "Textbook Weight in California: Data and Analysis," California Department of Education website, Apr. 14, 2004
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Occupational Outlook Handbook," bls.gov (accessed Nov. 9, 2012)
Del Williams, "How Much Is Out-of-Control Printing Costing Your School?," www.softwareshelf.com (accessed Aug. 1, 2012)
Ben Johnson, "Paper and Pencil Curriculum: How Much Do You Rely on It?," www.edutopia.org, Feb. 23, 2011
Tom Mendelsohn, "Ten Great Free Education Apps for the iPad," The Independent, Jan. 30, 2012
LearnStuff, "Graduating with Technology," learnstuff.com, Aug. 17, 2012
Kathryn Zickuhr, "Younger Americans' Reading and Library Habits," libraries.pewinternet.org, Oct. 23, 2012
David Talbot, "Given Tablets But No Teachers, Ethiopian Kids Teach Themselves," mashable.com, Oct. 29, 2012
New York Daily News, "iStrain: Tablets and iPads Can Cause Eye Problems," articles.nydailynews.com, Mar. 14, 2012
I-Mei Lin, "Psychophysiological Patterns During Cell Phone Text Messaging: A Preliminary Study," Applied Psychophysiological Biofeedback, Feb. 6, 2009
Dean Fishman, "Neck Pain from Texting," The Text Neck Institute website, Nov. 2, 2010
Lee Wilson, "Apple's iPad Textbooks Cost 5x More Than Print," (193 KB) educationbusinessblog.com, Feb. 23, 2012
Lesley Lanir, "Digital Information Overload Overwhelms and Distracts Students," decodedscience.com, Nov. 4, 2012
Urs Gasser and John Palfrey, "Mastering Multitasking," cf.linnbenton.edu, Mar. 2009
Kate Garland, "Computer- vs. Paper-based Tasks: Are They Equivalent?," Ergonomics, Sep. 2008
Lorien Crow, "Are E-Books Bad for Your Memory?,” mobiledia.com, Mar. 15, 2012
Nicholas Carr, "Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains," wired.com, May 24, 2010
FindtheBest, "What Is the Average Battery Life of a Tablet Computer?,” tablets.findthebest.com (accessed Aug. 6, 2012)
Associated Press, "Cell Phone Theft on the Rise," wowt.com, Oct. 21, 2012
Mike Schmoker, Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, 2011
Laura Hazard Owen, "What Apple Is Wading Into: A Snapshot of the K-12 Textbook Business,” paidcontent.org, Jan. 21, 2012
Digital Book World, "Publishers’ eBook Production Statistics," digitalbookworld-hub.com, Aug. 21, 2012
Book Industry Study Group and the Association of American Publishers, "BookStats 2012," bisg.org, July 18, 2012
Dian Schaffhauser, "The Price Is Right?," Campus Technology website, Apr. 1, 2012
Christopher F. Schuetze, "Textbooks Finally Take a Big Leap to Digital," nytimes.com, Nov. 23, 2011
Aaron Smith, "Smartphone Adoption and Usage," (1.7 MB) pewinternet.org, July 11, 2011
The New Media Consortium, "The 2012 Horizon Report," (555.7 KB) net.educause.edu, 2012
California State Board of Education, "Textbook Weight Standards: Adoption of Proposed Title 5 Regulations, Section 9517.2," cde.ca.gov, July 2007
AVG, "The AVG Digital Diaries Report – How Has Technology Changed Childhood?," avgdigitaldiaries.com, Apr. 2012
Gautham Nagesh, "Pew: Minorities Continue to Lead Twitter Adoption," thehill.com, June 1, 2011
Will Oremus, "New Digital Divide: Whites Less Likely to Own Smartphones," slate.com, Aug. 7, 2012
Jane Weaver, "Teens Tune Out TV, Log On Instead," www.msnbc.msn.com, July 24, 2012
Rob Reynolds, "Digital Textbooks Reaching the Tipping Point in US Higher Education," Xplana Learning website, Mar. 2011
Government Accountability Office, "College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases," gao.gov, July 2005
Nicole Allen, "New Laws, Free Books and Textbook Rentals Could Help Curb Rising Costs This Fall," studentpirgs.org, Aug. 26, 2010
Geoffrey Fletcher, Dian Schaffhauser, and Douglas Levin, "Out of Print: Reimagining the K-12 Textbook in a Digital Age," (995.6 KB) State Educational Technology Directors Association website, 2012
Association of American Publishers, "School Size and Weight Policy," www.publishers.org (accessed Feb. 22, 2013)

Sources:

California Department of Education, "Textbook Weight in California: Analysis and Recommendations," cde.ca.gov, May 2004

K-12 High Speed Network, "Technology News," k12hsn.org, Mar. 9, 2011

Sarah Kessler, "6 Companies Aiming to Digitize the Textbook Industry," mashable.com, May 10, 2011

Douglas Macmillan, "Tech Execs Meet in DC to Plan 5-Year Transition to Digital Textbooks," go.bloomberg.com, Mar. 29, 2012

Danielle Nadler, "Tablets or Textbooks: Schools Sit at Critical Crossroads," leesburgtoday.com, Nov. 10, 2011

Will Oremus, "New Digital Divide: Whites Less Likely to Own Smartphones," slate.com, Aug. 7, 2012

Margaret Reardon, "Which Tablet Is Best for Textbooks?," news.cnet.com, Nov. 22, 2011

Margaret Rock, "The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks," mobiledia.com, Apr. 4, 2011

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